ABSTRACT
Investigação de abordagem qualitativa que se enquadra como um estudo exploratório de caso individual. Cuja questão norteadora configurou-se em indagar como o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) disponibiliza o cuidado domiciliar intensivo. Os objetivos do estudo foram: analisar como é disponibilizado este suporte de saúde: qual o tipo de assistência prestada e como é a manutenção e garantia dos equipamentos; visibilizar como o sujeito deste estudo obteve este serviço: como o mesmo chegou até ele e quanto tempo demora. Os resultados revelam que os caminhos para se obter um suporte à vida são cercados de obstáculos e que este trajeto percorrido em busca de uma assistência domiciliar pela dinâmica do SUS envolve burocracia, profissionais e equipamentos que em muitas situações dificultam o acesso da população.
A qualitative investigation characterized as an exploratory study of individual case. The guiding point was inquiring into how the Public Health System (SUS) provides intensive home-based care. The study was aimed at analyzing how this health support is made available - that is, what kind of assistance is given and what is the equipment maintenance and warranty like - and at examining how the subject of this study obtained this service, that is, how the service reached him/her and how long it usually takes to do so. The results show that the paths to get life support are full of obstacles and that this path in search of home-based care through the SUS dynamics involves bureaucracy, professionals, and equipment that often make it difficult for the population to have access to public health services.
Investigación de abordaje cualitativa que se encuadra como un estudio exploratorio de caso individual. Cuya cuestión norteadora se configuró en indagar cómo el Sistema Único de Salud (SUS) pone a disposición el cuidado domiciliar intensivo. Los objetivos del estudio fueron: analizar como se pone a disposición este soporte de salud: cuál es el tipo de asistencia prestada y cómo es el mantenimiento y la garantía de los equipos; ver cómo el sujeto de este estudio obtuvo este servicio: cómo el mismo llegó hasta él y cuánto tiempo tarda. Los resultados revelan que los caminos para obtenerse un soporte a la vida están cercados de obstáculos y que este trayecto recorrido en búsqueda de una asistencia domiciliar por la dinámica del SUS involucra burocracia, profesionales y equipos que en muchas situaciones dificultan el acceso de la población.
Subject(s)
Humans , Home Care Services/supply & distribution , Critical Care , Life Support Care , Brazil , Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration , Health Services Accessibility/standards , Health Services Needs and Demand/organization & administration , Health Services Needs and Demand/standards , Home Care Services/organization & administration , Home Care Services/standards , Critical Care/organization & administration , Critical Care/standards , Life Support Care/instrumentation , Life Support Care/organization & administration , Life Support Care/standards , Oxygen Inhalation Therapy/instrumentation , Professional-Family RelationsABSTRACT
Data from the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Jamaica, show an increase in road traffic accidents from 7861 in 1991 to 11,010 in 1999. The average number of deaths annually was 380 +/- 48 (SD) while injuries averaged 3320 +/- 262 per year. This represents an injury to death ratio of 8.7 compared with 24.9 for Trinidad and Tobago and 40 for Canada. During the period 1991 to 2000, an average of 796 +/- 159 (SD) murders were committed annually. The number of murders increased by over 280 per cent between the decade of the seventies and the nineties. Data from the trauma registry of the University Hospital of the West Indies showed that 29.6 per cent of all admissions to the surgical ward between January 1998 and December 31, 2000, were due to injuries. There were 97 deaths (3) during this period and 33 occurred in the Accident and Emergency Department with 70 per cent occurring within 120 minutes of their arrival. The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Programme emphasizes the resuscitation and stabilization of injured patients in the first few hours after injury. Most Emergency Departments in Jamaica are staffed by relatively junior medical officers and the low injury to death ratio among victims of motor vehicle accidents may be due to suboptimal care. Introduction of an ATLS programme in Jamaica may reduce the number of preventable deaths and also stimulate interest in trauma care thus increasing preventative measures to decrease the high incidence of trauma in Jamaica